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8 PAGHS TODAY *---_j VOL. XXX VI, No. 9 B -mall. per year (in advance) t350 Carrier, nty venr (In nrivnni’p) MIM SHELBY. N. C. MONDAY, JAN. 20, 1980 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. LATE NEWS I III MARKET. Cotton, per pound---- 16c Cotton Seed, per bu. --- 40 Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Cloudy and not quite so cold, probably rain on coast tonight. Tuesday rain on coast and rain or snow interior with rising tem perature. Air Liner Crashes. Sixteen persons were said to nave been bu.ned to death lale Sunday evening: when a big passenger plane crashed to earth and bnrned near San Clemente, California, when the pilot attempted to ma’ e a forced landing. The big air liner, owned by the company In which Col. Lina bergh is an official, was en route to Vos Angeles from Agua Caliente, Mexico, which is known as the American Monte Carlo. Tkkv:s Stzal Guns Of Ju ’gs Horace Kznm'y Enter Law Office And Take Cans Confiscated In Court. Foun tain Pen Taken. Some thief about Shelby cer le.'nly has an iron nerve and v an abundance of ga!I. The lat ent robbery lo came to light here was that of the law of fice of County Judge Horace Kennedy from which several guns end a fountain pen were stolen. Guns Are Gone. Judge Kennedy had a number oi pistols, which had been confiscated in court, in his desk and although he cannot tell just how many were t: ' en he misses at least eight in addition to his fountain pen. The recorder, however, has a sneaking idea that sooner or ater ks may meet the thief in the court l iota as one who follows a criminal career may eventually be arrested with one of the guns in his posses ion. To Bury Mr. Floyd McSwain at Elizabeth tVe’l Known Farmer Dies A4 Mor ganton At Age 57 Yen-s. Fu neral At Elizabeth. Mr. Floyd McSwain, age 57 years, died Sunday at Morganton where he had been a patient for two weeks. He suffered a stroke of paralysis two years ago and never regained his health. Eleven years ago his wife died and since that time he had tern making his home with his daughter, Mrs. P. R. White on fv-2. She!by. Mr. MeSv/ain will be'buried to day at Elizabeth church. The noor 3 o’c’ock. Surviving are 6 children NO?-') -'~i r* 0, M'"' P. Ft. White of R-2, Shelby, ~lato and Eethel W...e of d jy, Rot - cat McSwain of Rutherford coun ty. Jethro McSwain who Is a mince £ t'cr.cd at Penis IT"rd, S. C. Aiso surviving, are one half sister, two half brothers and five grandchil dren. ?!~w Year V/ecdV^s Rvnnin? Lew Here It appears as if l'"'!') is "olnp to be an off ye”r w:*h P' n CiinH *n this county. Fact is, 19”9 was also an eff year for the yrr’ng b~w and arrow man as was 192”, due to North Carolina's marrirge regula tions. yet 1C30 promi es to be more offirli than any of the othefs. So far in the first. m~nth of the vear on’v fix marriage l!c;nar3 have Wen sold by Register of Deeds A. F. Newton. BLACKBURN H'GH P" AYS LATTIMOUE ON TUESDAY Blackburn high school and the Lattimore high school basketball , teams will play In the Lattimore gymnasium on Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Blackburn is said to have the best team In Catawba county and the game tomorrow night will be the outstanding event of the season. -Poetical Dope Early Interest Is be*ng shown in the approaching Democratic primary, in pros pective county races and the senatorial contest. County candidates are al ready announcing, as arc can didates for the Democratic nomination for congress. N’netcen thirty Is an off year in national politics, but in North Carolina It will be oth erwise. Keen m with the political si'ration, in the county, state and nat'on, by reading The Star. 5 000 HOMES LOOK FOR THE STAR THREE TIMES „ EACH WEEK, THERE MUST BE A REASON. SUBSCRIBE TODAY. endorsers Buy Cleveland Springs Property; $55,000 Price Paid, Plans Unknown No Pirns Have Been Made. Eight Shelby Men Are Now Owners Of Famous Property. Eight Shelby men are now own ers of the Cleveland Springs prop I erty sold Saturday at public auction. I The property containing approxi mately 200 acres was bid in by Mr. Forrest Eskridge, cashier of the First National Bank for the following endorsers on the paper which hac been harming against the property for some time: Governor O. Max ~iardner. Paul Webb. O. M. Mull, *i. J. Thompson, J. D. Lineberger. i Wm. Lineberger. C, C. Blanton and j Clyde R. Hoey. While the bid price i was $55 000, it is understood that it i will cost t''e endorsers approxi mately $55,000. No Plans Made. No plans have been mode by the owners for the property, It will be offered for sale at a price or may be sub-divided into small tracts for some building sites, but the ho tel site and the valuable Springs will be retained for a hotel or sr.n itorivm In the event it should be needed for such. It is considered a very valuable property which lends Itself by reason of its proximity to Shelby, its location on highway No 20 and tfce fine springs of health "tvihg water, to deve’opment as a resort or a restricted residential section. The loss of the large hotel by file ’ast Fall brought the property to • ale, the endorsers wishing to let ir be sold at auction In the hope that ome outside capital might be Jn i terested in re-developing the estate. Lots That Are Sold. It is understood that those who -urchased lots in the property sev eral years ago when 'the develcp : ment was on. will not have thair title jeopardized by reason of the 'ale if such lot or lots are paid 'or. A number of people bought lots on which all the payments have not ':sen made. but these purchasers will be given an opportunity to meet he other payments and secure title. Some satisfactory adjustment will be made between these purchasers end the new owners, it is under stood. The Golf Course. Considerable interest has been manifested in the golf course which 'as been a great asset to the city. *t is learned from the new ownners that It is their hope that the club -nd course will remain intact and -'lens are working to this end. Mr. O. M. Mull, cue of the leaders a the promotion of Cleveland Cgrings development in the past, c'me in from Raleigh for the week-end to a“end t'-e sale of the property here Saturday. ’rvurer1 In Hospital Ksre Are Recovering 'bittle S'lf G’-l. Kit With Hammer, Is Improving. Cherryville Men Better. Louise Self, seven-year-cld Shelby rl who received a degression of the -kull Thursday when hit in the neaa ith a hammer in the hands of a -laymate, was said to be recovering from her injury today at the Shelty ■'os-ital. The de-mesrion of the skull was on t'-e fere part of the head. Hugh Sneed, young Cherryville man injured abcut the face, neck and head last week when an oi l muzzle loader exploded when he tt tsmpted to* shcot it, was also said to be impraving today. No-accident cases entered the hos pital over the week-end. Messrs. Mke AustTl and P. F. " ‘ga spent two days last week in Raleigh on business. Three Killed When Train Strikes Auto At Belmont Sunday Maurice Tppter, Textile Worker, Wife And Child Die After Collison. Charlotte Jan. 19.—Maurice Teet er, 28, textile worker, his wife, afro 31, and their 18-month-old daugh ter, Pauline, were killed early today when Teeter drove his automobile into the "Birmingham Special.1' fast Southern railway passenger train at a grade crossing near Bel mont. Three other children of the couplf were injured and are now in a hos pital here. Annie Wilson Teete: seven, has a fractured skull, an her condition tonight was described as serious. Louise Teeter, three, has minor bruises and lacerations. Apparently not seeing the train, Teeter drove his automobile into it, striking the locomotive tender. Fu neral service for ^he three dead will be conducted at the Southpoint Methodist church in Gaston county tomorrow afternoon. The bodies will be interred in the church ceme tery there. L'ncoln Girls Hurt In Automobile Crash Miss R-in’-a’-t In Ho-"l‘al With Broken Back> One Grabbed Steering WheeL I inc-'lnton. Jan. IB.—Six young girls, of prom'nent Lincolnton tam mies, were ln'ured, one seriously, Saturday ni"ht when a ear in which *hey were riding was demolished on the highway between Lincolnton and Malden. The inju-ed are: Miss Sarah Reinhart, d"iver of the err, daugh ter of Dr. R R. Reinhart. She is in the Lincoln hospital, her back brok en, in a critical condition. Miss Mattie Wood Burgm. also in the hospital with injury to her leg. M'ss Mamie’ite Smith, in the hospital with unascertained injur ies. Misses Fran’ll-: Hoyle Mary Fran ces Shuford and Aileen Rudislll, scratched and bruised. According to incomplete reports, the accident occurred when one of ‘he girls grasped the steering wheel, frightened as Miss Reinhart appar ently was near danger. The car was demolished. 4att*THwe Funeral At Bethel Sunday Two Ch*’d-en And Wife Of Frank Lat'imore Survive. Was 81 Years Old. A large crowd attended the fu neral Sunday of Mr. Frank Latti more of Cleveland Mills who died at his home Friday after a long ill ness. Mr. Lattimore was 81 years of age and one of the leading citizens of upper Cleveland. He was a regu ’ar attendant of New Bethel church of which he wrs a member and had a wide femily connection and many 'r'ends who regret his passing. Mr. LaHimore was married to Miss Sophia London with whom he ived happily for sixty years. She survives with two children, Mr. Philector Lattimore and Mrs. J. D. Carpenter. One son, Edgar, died a few years ago. The funeral services were con Jucted by Rev. John W. Suttle and Rev. Mr. Devenny. Democracy Has Best Years In Off Y arS' And 19301s Off Year Primary Battles In Democratic States Attract Interest. One In N. C. * _ Washington. — Aunty Democracy nomally is at her political best in “eft years.” When a president is to be elected, much oftener than not she gets lick ed. Her national ticket usually queers some of her candidates’ chances for the senate and the house of representatives. Between times (in off years) they generally have better luck. This is one of those times, and one of the most interesting off years in American history. It is an exceptionally exciting year, because President Hoover’s administration may fairly be de scribed as of an experimental type; Mr. Hoover is decidedly a new kind of president. If he is to make his experiment succeed, obviously he must have popular support. The coming congressional elec tions will show whether he has it or not. The senate cannot possibly be very satisfactory to Mr. Hoover now That the next one will be any more so is too much to expect, consider ing Aunty Democracy's customary off year strength. Even if the ad ministration loses a senatorial friend or two, it need not count it a defeat—though it will be a serious annoyance. The G. O. P.’s loss of half a dozer '”916 seats (w''i'h is oon-eivab’e. (Continued on page eight.) Lauds Prohibition On Tenth Anni versa. Senator Morris Sheppard (Dem.), | Texas) delivered a panegyric of the ten years of legal drought brought about by the enactment of the 18th Amendment. The tenth birthday of the enactment stirred Congress in several bitter scenes over the wet-dry. issue. (InteruAtldnftl Ntwirtol) Joint Meeting Kiuanis, Rotary Fanners In Five-Acre Cotton Con test To Be Guests Of Club On Thursday Night. Around 50 Cleveland county farmers will be guests of the Ki wanls and Rotary clubs of Shelby at a Joint meeting of the two clubs to «fce held Thursday night at 8 o’clock at the Hotetl Charles, it was an nounced tcday. The farm guests will be those who were in the county-wide five-acre cotton growing contest, it is under stood. An interesting meeting is antici pated and the guest speaker will be from the agricultural department at Raleigh. Coleman Dogrgett Buys Blanton Farm One of the largest real estate deals in farm lands that has been made in the county, was consum mated Saturday when Mr. Coleman Doggett purchased the Edgar Blan ton farm of 236 acres a mile west cf the Dover Mill or about three miles west of Shelby. The deal is understood to involve about $35,000. Mr. Doggett already owns the old Doggett place where he was bom and reared and this addition gives him approximately 425 acres in one body. This is considered one of the largest and most valuable farm- in the county and the tract- sold Sat urday at private sale brought about $150 per acre. Sterchi’s To Become A Mail Order House F. O. Smith, manager of Ster chi’s, home from the annual man agers’ meeting in Knoxville, brings word of an important change in Tterchl policy. Hereafter—beginning within the next sixty days—Sterchi's is to be come a mail order house, designed after the pattern of the big ones that have made themselves head liners and big timers In the busi ness world. The Se’-chi stores hence'lt b ln "lu^Jng the one in Shelby, will be come mall order headquarters for "eneral merchandise, including la dies’ ready to wear, men's wear, shoes, etc., and automobile tires. Mr. Smith brings word that one hundred thousand mail order cata logs are now coming off the press, each one a hundred and fifty page book of popular merchrndlse ar Tcles. The Sterchi stores. Mr. Smith, -aid, will continue, of course, to fea ture furniture, but will push the new lines to the limit, putting 3pu cial stress on an automobile tire which thev will guarantee for eigh teen months. By the middle of February, the local manager said, the new order of things should be under way in the Shelby headquarters. ^oundup Staged Here Sunday By Officers Sunday rftemoon and evening activity by city and county officers in the Shelby vicinity gave Judge Horace Kennedy a typical Monday morning docket of drunks today. Tn a pe iod of three hours yester day city police and county deputies tailed between 10 and 15 fellows who were again on friendlyy terms with John Bar'eycom afte- giving their old friend a cold s*'” -'~r for a week or two of the New Year, Cctton Contzst R: vsaIs Narrow Margin Of Gain Nine I .fading Farmers !■» Contest Make Bale And Three-Quarter* To Acre Average. The record* of the nine lean. In* farmer* In the county-wide cotton growing contest on fire acre plots show that the cost per pound of growing cotton is but slightly removed from the selling price unless it is top grade cotton. It costs 11.4 cents per pound to "Trow cotton according to the aver se cost shown by the nine farmers Who led in the Cleveland contest. The lowest per pound cost cited was \6 cents and the highest was 12.1 ents. This year due to an off-grade otton throughout the county caus al by a wet fall farmers hrve in any Instances been lucky, to get 3 and 14 cents per pound for a big rrcentage of their crop. Thus a arrow margin Is shown between i he per pound cost and the per ound selling price. However, all runty cotton crop was not as in : rnsely cultivated a* the plots in he contest and herefore the uer ound cost would, or should, be less .‘or tlie entire county. Good Record. A review of the statistics compil ed by the nine leading men in the contest shows that on their five acre plots the nine men averaged 3 8 bales each, or 1.78 bales to the rcre over the 45 acres. A total of 79,614 pounds of lint were produc ed on the 45 acres of the rllne farm ers, or an average of 880 pounds of lint to the acre, which Is a little more than one and three-quarter tales to the acre for the entire nine ■'lots, although the farmer with the best production made better than .wo bales to the acre. Record Attendance For Central Clas: Hoey Heard Sunday By 345 People,! Class Again Leads Charlotte Class. The Hoey Bible class at Central Methodist church yesterday again established itself as the largest sin gle Bible class in the state Insofar as public records go, there being 345 people present. It was the sixth consecutive Sun day that the Central class has lead the Ivey Bible class of the First Methodist church at Charlotte. T*otal collection for the day was $102, and the day’s attendance was In charge of Oliver Anthony, Dr. J. S. Dorton and Fred Morton with several grOiip captains assisting. Attendance Of 100 Sought For Class An attendance contest which gets "nderway next Sunday are the John P. Mull Bible class at the Kirs* Baptist church has the goal of 100 members present for the first day of the contest with the J. C. Newton class. At the end of the contest >he losing class is to “feed" the winning class. The committee in charge of the “round-up" Is composed of Fred Morgan, Paul Webb and H. Olay Cox. Hayes Speaker For Lee-Jackson Program Lee's Character Shown By Refusal To Take Command Of Union Army. Tribute Paid. The careers and make-up of Washington and Lee were much of the same nature, Rev. L. B. Hayes, paster of Central Methodist church, declared this morning in speaking at the Lee-Jackson program at Cen tral high school, yet there was one difference between the two great Americans—“Washington was an aristocrat, Lee a Democrat—Wash ington was permitted to live in the fruits of victory, Lee was content to go dewn in the defeat of his Con federacy.’’ In opening Rev. Mr. Hayes ex pressed the gratification he along with others feels in the annual op portunity to pay tribute to “two of the noblest of our noble dead." Lee’s refusal of the command of the Union army so that he might accept the command of the South ern armies was depicted as a typi- : cal example of Lee loyalty, and the : love Lee’s men had for him was il lustrated by the instance at Spott- < sylvanla when Leo wanted to iead the attack when defeat threaten- ’ ed, but was pushed back by his men who declared that “if Gen Iiee will To to the rear, we will drive them back.’’ i Fights Return of * Hoover Democrat’ Josiah William Bailey, of Raleigh, N. C„ has set State Democratic ' circles agog by announcing that he will \ | enter the race ! for the i Democratic Senatorial nomination ! against U. S. ! Senator i Furnifold M. | Simmons, t who last year brought down ‘ the ire of j many j Democrats by ' supporting | Hoover for President. ■ flnte-rnationaJ NiwirMl) a Cleveland County’s Resources Shown In Report Of State Dept. (The following facii and figures on the resources and Industry of Cleveland county have just been Issued by Park Mathewson. assistant director of the department of conservation and development, at Raleigh. Col. J. W. H.irr-lson, a native of Cleveland being the heed of t‘ ■ depart* tnent.) CLEVELAND COUNTY. 1,1 «« piedmont; population, 37.500; area, 317,110 acres., to pography, t..... plains, Southern and Kings mountains; water. Broad end First Broad river; railroads. Southern, S. A. L„ C. C. & O.; bus lines. Intercarollnas, Queen City; highways, Nos. 18. 20, 205, 206; telegraphs and ' telephones; incorporated cities and towns, Grover, Kings Mountain, Lat ttmore, Mooresboro, Shelby, Waco. Industrial statistics of the county fellow: Wage Earners Total Wanes 4,234 $3,052,108 55 49,487 Manufacturing No. Industries Estab. All Industries ...... 52 "PttBa and Klnch ed Products _ „ ........ 8 Textiles and their Products . . ...... 25 • Miscellaneous , Industries . __. 19 •Includes cotton seed products, printing and foundry and machine shops, etc. 4,021 2 882,829 158 119,792 Matl, Fuel and power S9.474,044 742,120 7,953.030 778,885 publishing, Total V Products $15,366,573 935,840 13,345,097 1,085,636 fertilizer I FOREST PRODUCTS*—The forest area Is approximately 138,487 ■■'•'•res, comprising 43 per cent of the total land area. More than 59 per cent of the forest area is farm woodland; including some 27.86s acres of woodland pasture. The prlnc pal merchantable species are pine 80 pel 1 cent, onk 10 per cent, poplar, hickory and chestnut 10 per cent. The estimated present total stand 80,000,000 board feet of saw timber 1 is fairly accessible by roads and rail. The remaining supply of old growth timber lies chiefly In the north ern and northwestern parts. The proportion of second growth pine has increased with the decline in stand of the original forest of hardwood vnd pine. Some 12 sawmills produce about 3,000.000 board feet of lumber per annum. Little else besides firewood is cut. The estimated stumpage value of the timber cut annually will not exceed $15,000. Mineral Products.—Emeralds have been found alcng the First Broad river southwest of Shelby. Near Kings Mountain, a 1 000 foot seam of low grade manganese slate occurs. A linear group of narrow bands of crystalline, high magnesium limestone extends across the eastern part of the county, east of Kings Mountain where a few quarries have been opened. Tin ore has been found in the vicinity of Kings Mountain and on the southern end of Chesnut Ridge. Mica has been mined to the north west of Shelby and a very good grade of kaolin clay is found there. Along the streams In the eastern part of the county brick clays occur. Value of the mineral production In the county for 1926 was *4.800. Water Resources and Power.—Waters: First Broad and Broad rivers; Knob, Maple, Buffalo, Whiteoak, Pott’s King's, Hickory, Ward. Crooked Run, Harris. Brushy, Sandy Run, and other creeks. Water: Large streams are numerous as Indicated under “Waters.” In addition to undeveloped sources of supplji, reasonable adequate municipal supplies are found In all towns of any size. The chemical and physical qualities of these waters make them excellent for industrial and domestic use. Power. Ample power is made available from transmission of Duke Power. Distribution j system In the county radiates in several directions from Shelby to sup-. (Continued on page eight.) ! Sewing Machine Once Made Here, Ice Skating Was A Sport Connecticut Man Once Made “Car- j ollnc” Sewing Machine. Enough Ice To Skate. Winter wer ther in this section ot Vorth Carolina is not what it used :o be despite what the critics tell rou. Snows and freezes are not what hey were in the old days and as jroof thereof older citizens recall hat many years ago ice skating vas a popular sport in the Shelby ;ect'on just as it Is now In the lorth. j ' Ice skating days in Cleveland :ounty are recalled by J. A. Wilson n connection with the recollection hat there was once a sewing ma chine factory in Shelby. About 1874 S. S. Worthing, of “onnectlcut, manufr tired a sew ng machine known as the "Caro ina." The plant was located Just west of the present Eskridge garage location, as Mr. Wilson remembers it Worthington’s wife was from Canada and George Jetton, the McCrackens and others came here with them as machinists and they probably brought the first ice skat es ever seen in this section. These skaes, Mr. Wilson says, were used on ponds frozen over about Shelby, and he remembers that the ponds froze over as thick as seven inches —something that is not known to day. Other citizens in recalling days when there was more freezing weather than in modem times say lhat the Schencks at Lawndale cut their ice from the mill oond and stored it in an ice house *>here and .hat the Cleveland mill pond ice was the only ice they used. t First Candidate Out For County Court Judgeship Attorney Maurice Weathers WUI Make Race For Recorder With Kennedy Retiring. Mr. Maurice Weathers, well known She'by attorney, an nounces today that he will be a candidate, in the Democratic primary In June, for the nomi nation for Judge of the county recorder's court. “I have been thinking about off. ering for the office since it was list reported that Judge Horace Kennedy would not seek the office again,” Mr. Weethers said today, and after having talked it over with my friends among the law* vers, farmers and business men, I have decided to get in the race.” Others Talked. Several other prospective candi* 1 tes have been talked for the re o dershlp, including Attorneys John P. Mull, Speight Beam. Al R. Bennett, and Jim Cline, and, also, Mr. W. R. Newton, tax supervisor, but the Weathers announcement Is the only definite statement to date. Others than this cne onnounce ment the pollical situation, which is developing early this year, was quiet over the week end. Cobby Horn Talked As New Candidate Political talk; heard here today had It that Cobb Horn, Jr., .ocal representative of the cotton ooop association is being discussed as a likely candidate' fcr the legislature. Mr. Horn, widely known in he county, has made no statement re garding his intentions. Baptists To Rally 'Jtrveiw And Davis Te Deliver Ad dresses On Paying Centennial Fledges. There will be a general rally of the Baptists at Boiling Springs Jun ior college, Sunday afternoon, Jan uary 26th, at 2:30 o’clock. Dr. H. T. Stevens and others will speak to the Baptists of Kings Mountain and Sandy Run associations upon pay ing pledges to the centennial fund. A number of our churches are be hind while a number of others art ahead of the schedule of payment!. It is especially desirable at this time that we obtain as many pre paid pledges as possible, so as to meet the bonded Indebtedness on our school. We are now In striking distance of this goal, and we are asking that every church send a representative delegation to this meeting for the purpose of report ing progress and making plans for the immediate future. Dr. H. T. Stevens arid Dr. J. B. Davis, and others, will make inspirational ad dresses. B. T. Falls, chairman, Centen nial committee Kings Moun tain Baptist Association. Mr. Roark Buried At Grover Friday A large crowd attended the -U neral of Mr. William Lee Roark at Grover Friday afternoon at the First Baptist church where the funeral was conducted by Rev. W. E. Fur cron, pastor. Members of the Choc taw Tribe No. 95 were in charge of the burial. Mr. Roark was one of Che leading citizens of Grover and died at 2 o'clock Thursday after noon, death resulting from pneu monia. Mr. Roark is survived ay his widow and nine children. Making Arrests Of Under Age Drivers State highway patrolmen are in this section now making arrests of auto drivers under the age of 16 years. James Eskridge, son of Chas. L. Eskridge was arrested Saturday for driving a car under the age al« lowed by law and .the fine wa* promptly paid. Children under 16 are prohibited from operating a car on the public highway and parents are warned to see that this law la not violated. Rutherford Farmer On N. C. Fair Board Mr. O. J. Holler, master farmer of Union Mills, Rutherford county, has been named a member of the N. C. State Fair board by flow* nor O. Max Gardner. Mr. Holler will succeed D. R. Noland, resigned, nd his term stands until March i, 1932,